Forest and Stream, November 5, 1874

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Tourists and sportsmen -- Field sports - GuidesTourists and sportsmen -- Field sports - Hunting : Waterfowl and shorebird

R. S. H., Peekskill. -- I want to get some information in regard to duck shooting on the Jersey coast and in the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays during the months of January and February. Will you give me the benefit of your knowledge in regard to the same? I would like to know the best place, the best and quickest way to get there, &c. If it is not imposing on your good nature too much, please let me hear from you the first part of the week? Ans. Barnegat and Tuckerton are the best points for ducks on the Jersey coast; both can be reached via N.J. Southern and Tuckerton Railroad. The shooting will be better there from Nov. 1st until January 1st than afterwards. March and April would be better than January and February. If you contemplate making a duck shooting trip in January and February, write to Capt. J. Coffin, Berlin, Md., who has facilities for giving you a good time and comfortable quarters in his boat. Berlin can be reached from Philadelphia via Del. Railroad, where Coffin will meet you and drive you to his house on Chincoteague Island.